tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7029419017923677229.post2955403333610970286..comments2013-12-06T04:46:02.365-05:00Comments on TeachPaperless: Giftedness and MotivationShelly Blake-Plocknoreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7029419017923677229.post-65116611704590081612009-03-27T10:54:00.000-04:002009-03-27T10:54:00.000-04:00And this topic is why I have an unfinished blog po...And this topic is why I have an unfinished blog post currently in my hopper. In my academic bio class, I have a lot of push back from students and parents over collaboration issues as well as critical thinking. Increasing difficulty has led to complaints. For me, I have laid the foundation with some concepts, students researching, and then asking hard questions about how it goes together. They annotate notes as they read, add podcast notes to their questions, activate prior knowledge. We scaffold information. I have only one gifted student who does this well. In fact, some of my lower students do it the best. I question what gifted means and also have realized that those gifted students have excelled at drill in the past and are threatened often by what they are unfamiliar or not good with. I believe that being able to think is more important than memorization of material that serves them the best not only in college but when tackling standardized tests. In the tough thinking exercises, students are given opportunity to redo for mastery after being given further questioning. I think you can't win here.Louise Mainehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06544468563054087057noreply@blogger.com